History of Nastagio degli Onesti: Meeting with the damnee of the pine forest, first panel...

History of Nastagio degli Onesti: Meeting with the damnee of the pine forest, first panel of a series of four: Nastagio, unhappy in love, attends the pursuit of a young woman by a rider whose love she does not share, she will end up with dogs. From a short story from the Decameron by Jean Boccaccio (Boccaccio) Painting by Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi dit Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510). 1483. Madrid. Prado Museum - The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti: first panel from a series of four, entitled the “” Encounter with the Damned in the Pine Forest”” showing Nastagio, a knight from Ravenna, disappointed by his unreturned affection, surprised by the appearance of a young woman refusing the love of a knight, chased by him and his dogs which sixteen her in their teeth and, later, devour her eviscerate body. After a Decameron's novella by Jean Boccacce (Boccaccio). Painting by Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi known as Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), 1483. Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain